Editing Lenition (section)

====Allophonic====
All varieties of [[Sardinian language|Sardinian]], with the sole exception of [[Nuorese dialect|Nuorese]], offer an example of [[sandhi]] in which the rule of intervocalic lenition applying to the voiced series /b d g/ extends across word boundaries. Since it is a fully active synchronic rule, lenition is not normally indicated in the standard orthographies.<ref>Mensching, G. (1992). ''Einführung in die Sardische Sprache'', Romanistischer Verlag, Bonn</ref>
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|{{IPA|/b/}}||→ {{IPA|[β]}}: {{lang|sc|baca}} {{IPA|[ˈbaka]}} "cow" → {{lang|sc|sa baca}} {{IPA|[sa ˈβaka]}} "the cow"
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|{{IPA|/d/}}||→ {{IPA|[ð]}}: {{lang|sc|domu}} {{IPA|[ˈdɔmu]}} "house" → {{lang|sc|sa domu}} {{IPA|[sa ˈðɔmu]}} "the house"
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|{{IPA|/ɡ/}}||→ {{IPA|[ɣ]}}: {{lang|sc|gupu}} {{IPA|[ˈɡupu]}} "ladle" → {{lang|sc|su gupu}} {{IPA|[su ˈɣupu]}} "the ladle"
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A [[Tuscan gorgia|series of synchronic lenitions]] involving opening, or loss of occlusion, rather than voicing is found for post-vocalic {{IPA|/p t k/}} in many [[Tuscan dialect]]s of [[Central Italy]]. Stereotypical [[Florentine dialect|Florentine]], for example, has the {{IPA|/k/}} of {{IPA|/kasa/}} as {{IPA|[ˈkaːsa]}} {{lang|it|casa}} 'house' in a post-pause realization, {{IPA|[iŋˈkaːsa]}} {{lang|it|in casa}} 'in (the) house' post-consonant, but {{IPA|[laˈhaːsa]}} {{lang|it|la casa}} 'the house' intervocalically. Word-internally, the normal realization is also {{IPA|[h]}}: {{IPA|/ˈbuko/}} {{lang|it|buco}} 'hole' → {{IPA|[ˈbuːho]}}.